Best Black Friday External Hard Drive Deals
Black Friday 2020 is an excellent time to stock up on an external hard drive like an SSD or an HDD for storing your games, movies, and other files.
Black Friday 2020 has brought deals on a wide variety of excellent SSD and HDD, making it easy to save some money on extra storage. Amazon and Best Buy have some particularly great Black Friday deals, including discounts on Samsung's popular T5 and T7 portable SSDs as well as the ultra-fast Seagate FireCuda gaming SSD. While SSDs are fast, they don't have as much storage, so there are also several great HDD options, including the 5TB WD Black game drive and an assortment of Seagate external drives.
If you have an Xbox Series X/S, then you can store next-gen games on your external drive. However, you will need to transfer them back to the console when you want to play them. Backwards-compatible games, on the other hand, can be stored and played on external drives and see some benefits to load times when compared to the Xbox One X. The PS5, on the other hand, does not let you store next-gen games on external drives, and while you can play backwards-compatible games on them, you don't see a significant improvement in loading.
If you're looking for more Black Friday deals, don't forget to check out the best PS5 and PS4 deals as well as the best Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One deals. There are a lot of different games and accessories on sale this year, and a new generation is always the best time to get new gear for your next-gen console. And if you want to play on the best screen possible, check out the best Black Friday TV deals, which include a number of discounted models with HDMI 2.1 ports.
WD Black game drive
$65 for 2TB | $120 for 5TB
WD Black is Western Digital's gaming-focused line of storage, offering drives that are made specifically for use with PlayStation and Xbox consoles as well as with PCs. External HDDs aren't known for their speed, with their real draw being storage space. You can get a WD Black 5TB game drive for only $120 during Black Friday. It works perfectly for backwards-compatible games on both PS5 and Xbox Series X.
Seagate game drives - 2TB
$70 (was $110)
Seagate's 2TB game drives are reliable hard drives that run up to 625MB/s and feature specific branding for PlayStation or Xbox. In addition to the black PlayStation drive and the green Xbox drive, there are a number of branded drives for games like Cyberpunk, Halo, and The Last of Us (though they are more expensive at the moment). And no matter which drive you buy, it will work on either console--even if you have a PS5 and the drive says Xbox.
Samsung T7 portable SSD
$80 for 500GB | $149 for 1TB
If you're looking for more speed than a hard drive can offer, an external SSD is the way to go. Samsung's T7 portable SSD has speeds up to 1,050MB/s, making it a fast drive that's capable of loading your games very quickly. For Black Friday, you can get 1TB for $149 (was $200) or 500GB for only $80 (was $110).
Samsung T5 portable SSD - 1TB
$70 for 500GB | $130 for 1TB
If the T7 is out of stock, then the T5 is still worth the money. It has speeds of up to 540MB/s, which is about half as fast as the T7 but is still a significant amount of speed. It's capable of loading games significantly faster than a hard drive.
Seagate Barracuda SSD - 1TB
$149 (was $180)
Seagate makes great portable SSDs, and its Barracuda model is an excellent choice. It has a slim profile and speeds up to 540MB/s. During Black Friday, you can get the 1TB model for $149, down from $180.
SanDisk 1TB portable SSD
$90 for 500GB | $140 for 1TB
SanDisk's portable SSD is built for taking on the go. It features a clip loop that you can use to attach it to your backpack or belt and boasts speeds of up to 1,050MB/s. During Black Friday, you can snag its 500GB model for $90 (down from $150) or its 1TB model for $140 (down from $250).
Seagate FireCuda gaming SSD - 500GB
$150 (was $200)
If you're looking for the best of the best, the Seagate FireCuda gaming SSD is by far the fastest drive on this list. It kicks things off with speeds of up to 2,000 MB/s, but it also features customizable Razer Chroma RGB lighting on PC. If you'd rather have speed over storage, then this is the one to go with. You can also get a 2TB model for $400, down from $500.
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